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Album Artwork
Liner Notes
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A new collection of songs written and performed by Mike Castle Additional piano played by Nate Erickson.
Engineered & Mixed by Martin Fornelli & Mike Castle - Mastered by Justin Perkins 1. Trying To Be The Man 6. Rio Grande 2. Telephone Wire 7. Ilsa 3. Light 8. Blizzard Notes 4. Lake of Fire 9. Late Night Girls 5. The Only Thing I Really Love 10. Guillotine A sincere thank you to all the people who made this record possible. You know who you are. |
Lyrics
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Trying To Be The Man
You sang the loudest, when no one was around You are an artist, in your way There was a time when, you wanted me around And I will say what I have to say Because I am still trying to be The man that I want to be I'm trying for you. I'm trying. All of your words got, carried in the sound As trumpets blow down the avenue There will be a time when, you need me around And I will do what I have to do Because I am still trying to be The man that I want to be I'm trying for you. I'm trying. Lake of Fire There's more people on the road Than I'd anticipate Still nobody knows My way back home A lake of fire to my right The devils hand on my shoulder If I don't steer this right Remember me but go one There's a reason to come back to you And yellow gold it's not I was maimed by your name I was scarred by your heart I'll do what I can To carry my share of the weight I'll bare a burden that I can't bare And race the sun to get there There's a reason to come back to you And yellow gold it's not I was maimed by your name I was scarred by your heart Ilsa Everybody watching, they're all watching you If the world was on fire, i'd put it out for you Look at them all starring, all starring at you You make me feel like a ghost Everybodys watching, watching all your moves They're all wondering, who you are, what you do I'd walk for days, in the heat or pouring rain You make me feel like ghost Every inch of my soul You make me feel like a ghost You make me feel like ghost You make me feel like ghost Yea I feel like a ghost You make me feel like ghost Guillotine If I get the guillotine tomorrow If the sun would fall out of the sky In my short time of being here I have loved and I lost and I lied I read the greatest book in history Seen good and bad with these own two eyes I tried to do everything I could And I loved and I lost and I lied Because if you want to go there You got to travel all night And if you're going to ask for me I won't be there until morning light Because I've been living with you Living with you Living with you Sending all my ghosts to the guillotine I heard the sweetest sound a man could Could you imagine my surprise Came from the one that never claimed to be One that loved, one that lost, one that lied And if you want to go there You're gonna travel all night And if you're going to ask for me I won't be there until morning light I've been living with you Living with you Living with you Sending all my ghosts to the guillotine |
Telephone Wire
If I get you in a corner tonight It might be the last time Because we both know this is ending Oh how we try to make this right I break you into pieces too many time You hid me in the shadows, its just not right We tried so hard and I hear you cry Over a Telephone Wire A telephone wire Remember when it was you and me We were young, no one would tell us how to live Where did those days go now Where did they go now Remember when, it was you and me And I broke you into pieces too many time You hid me in the shadows, its just not right We tried so hard and I hear you cry Over a Telephone Wire A telephone wire The Only Thing I Really Love I'm in bad shape near Chicago I don't know what I might do None of these faces look familiar They must be from out of town But if I wake up next to you I'll know that everything is fine The only thing I really love is you The only thing I really love is Another bad day I brought you flowers And there's a ringing in my head I said I'm sorry I'll scrape myself together And I'll be better when I can But if I wake up next to you I'll know that everything is fine The only thing I really love is you The only thing I really love is Blizzard Notes You were born into being an artist You were born with rock n roll in your blood Uh -huh You were sold some goods that you'd never known But hey thats alright you made it anyway Whatever you want to see Wherever you want to go Whoever you want to be It's alright with me You chose something that honestly suits you ok But now you want to just blend into the crowd And I say I don't know how you'll make it on your own Whatever you want to see Wherever you want to go Whoever you want to be It's alright with me I don't care about it, build your own machine You were the one with the whole world listening I don't got to be on my own But I'm here and I'm standing, Uh-huh You were born into being an artist and you chose rock n roll But know you want to just blend into the crown and I know That you're never going to make it on your own Whatever you want to see Wherever you want to go Whoever you want to be |
Light
In the darkness there a light It keeps me safe and holds me tight In the darkness I can see Everything that cannot be People come and people leave Are things what they seem to be There's a place where we can go But I don't know it this is right I don't know why things get taken Decisions are made in black and white In between the meaning of everything There's time and blood and nothing I can't breathe I can't see anything but the light But the light You can't stay here but you can't leave either I don't know where you'll go I don't know but you can't stay here Thats ust how it goes, thats just how it goes Rio Grande Father Ortega flys from Chicago On the 8am flight down to San Antonio He's gonna get lost down in Mexico Where they'll listen to his words and reap what he's sown Look out kids he's reading books and he knows A good heart can make a living if you let it do so That bird didn't know which way to turn Left on its own it would surely crash and burn Low gentle hum of the head winds coming on Fifty two hours in the airs way too long You can hear the clinking of the keys if you listen hard they'll give you cookies everybody Just keep calm Carl wears a white shirt and I wear a t-shirt Is that a guitar pick around your neck Got meetings in the afternoon everybody going to Might wear a jacket because I can I didn't wear a watch but then again I never wear one Since four years ago I just roll with the punches You might make it through if that wish comes true Trade all your money for a chance to make rent A house and a credit card, white fence and a dog The wife is happy and the kids are well fed Is it possible to do it all, maybe yes maybe no The one things that for sure they're gonna take whats left. Late Night Girls All these late night girls have never been Afraid of a little confrontation All the glitter that they dance in has faded Into the new light of the morning In the new light of the morning It seemed like a good idea in his mind He was in love yet another time Turned around for a minute and she's gone Into the new light of the morning In the new light of the morning What does it matter in the new light of the morning Why should it matter, if you love her When the timing is right To kiss and make up, and give up the fight Everything that was hidden is now shown In the new light of the morning In the new light of the morning In the new light of the morning |